http://www.bellawallis.co.uk Bella Wallis Mysteries by Brian Thompson Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:59:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Meet Bella Wallis, sassy society woman, part-time author and part-time crimesolver extraordinaire. If you like your crime cosy, funny, intelligent and with a strong female touch look no further. Download an exclusive short story by Brian Thompson The Bella Wallis series The Player’s Curse: Bella Wallis’s clandestine career as crime novelist Henry ... http://www.bellawallis.co.uk/index.php/2010/06/meet-bella-wallis/ or at any rate in what are called the small hours. Philip and I  walked home from dinner in Chelsea, hand in hand like children. The mist that rose 0from the river  was as thick as milk and we navigated by street lights , their glow as huge as lollipops. ... http://www.bellawallis.co.uk/index.php/2009/07/how-beautiful-london-is-at-night/ has married Mary Skillane and in place of a honeymoon in Rome or Florence plans to take his new bride to America. We dined at Chiswick last night and the house was filled with maps and  itineraries. Kennett has invented a hat that will also serve as a washbasin, a thing ... http://www.bellawallis.co.uk/index.php/2009/07/philip%e2%80%99s-great-friend-william-kennett/ Quigley has narrowly escaped death! He happened to be at a church garden fete in Gravesend – and we may well ask how he ever came to be invited – where a balloon ascent was scheduled to take place. The noted pilot  M. Grasse was attempting a channel crossing. Quigley ... http://www.bellawallis.co.uk/index.php/2009/07/amazing-news-from-kent/ ...his friend O’Hanlon , who was present at the Duke of Wellington’s funeral . Every regiment of the army contributed a private to the cortege and O’Hanlon, of the 12th Foot, came down from Bury St Edmunds accordingly . He is a dapper and very alert sort of chap: Quigley ... http://www.bellawallis.co.uk/index.php/2009/06/percy-quigley-produced-a-museum-piece/ ...and found Dora Venn in a mood to gossip. It turns out that she is no Londoner at all but was brought up from Sussex to enter service with Lady Billingham. She met her Charlie walking out in Green Park and took pity on him for his lack ... http://www.bellawallis.co.uk/index.php/2009/06/i-went-down-into-the-kitchens/ ... as far as the Army and Navy Co-operative store in Victoria, in company with Captain Sturgeon , who is a ticket holder . Billy Sturgeon is a gallant old cock with probably the worst-fitting wig in Europe , made from gypsy hair gathered ( or harvested ) in Spain. ... http://www.bellawallis.co.uk/index.php/2009/06/thisafternoon/